MARY HOLM COMMENT: Unless you're a high-risk investor don't go near a deal like this...

An Auckland real estate agent was surprised when the St Heliers house he was marketing went for more than double its CV.

Watch NZH Focus: A leading Chinese real estate business has found that NZ tops the list.

COMMENT: Everyone can use a "no surprises" policy when it comes to our spending.

Watchdog believes default schemes are not doing enough to inform savers of options

COMMENT: Two apparently unrelated things happened in the first week of October that say so much about New Zealand these days.

Cats and dogs damaging rental properties are among the cases prompting the Government to clarify when tenants must pay up.

The best of NZ Herald Business for 2016: A Sydney man spent a decade at Domino's for $10 an hour but now he has managed to 'semi retire'.

The chance to take the top job was 'too good to be true', Inland Revenue boss Naomi Ferguson tells Tamsyn Parker.

COMMENT: There's a reason great ads with exaggerated promises never feature in the financial services industry.

The off-the-plan residences would start selling from $425,000.

Take a look at the new property stats. Has property in your area gone up?

COMMENT: I went to Ireland recently to showcase KiwiSaver as that country grapples with out-of-date retirement incomes policies.

More Auckland homes appear to be failing at auction, say industry players who suggest new LVR restrictions are doing their job of slowing down city investors.

New Zealand shares rise for the first time in a week.

The Flo Apartments project in Avondale has been called off, and one first-home buyer has been left devastated.

The founder of Trade Me will leave the board to focus on early-stage businesses and his personal charitable trust.

An Auckland house with a $2.2 million price tag is being marketed as 'affordable Remuera' but a valuer questioned that.

WATCH: Virtual reality tour created of yet-to-be-built Auckland penthouse apartment.

KiwiSaver membership and funds are growing at the slowest rate since the scheme began in 2007, but commentators say this simply reflects its maturing.

Auckland's biggest real estate agency says sales activity was subdued last month and spring failed to spark activity.

Property values in Tauranga have risen 28.1 per cent year on year.

House listing have risen in Auckland and the run could last until Christmas.

Wellington house values rose 21 per cent in the last year, outstripping Auckland's 15 per cent, but Queenstown values are rising fastest.

I've studied tax filings for decades. What I found most stunning about Trump's 1995 taxes isn't what everybody's talking about, writes Allan Sloan.

COMMENT: If KiwiSaver downed an energy drink, here's how much higher it could jump: $462,000.

Q-card operator hopes to double its consumer finance business in the next three years as it launches into credit card market.

Could that Instagram image of you bungy jumping in your 20s result in having to pay higher insurance costs in the future? One insurance expert thinks so.

COMMENT: Nearly 11,000 people successfully applied to withdraw money from their KiwiSaver in the year to June.

COMMENT: Look before you leap into 'upgrades' that may aid adviser.